Trial History

Experience Matters

The ultimate weapon in a criminal defense lawyer's toolkit is the threat of taking your case to a jury. Ultimately, the vast majority of all cases are resolved without trial. However, only a lawyer with enough trial experience to convince a prosecutor to reconsider his case can credibly use this threat to your advantage.

The savvy consumer should ask any lawyer he or she is considering how many cases that lawyer has taken to jury trial. How often your lawyer is actually in trial often translates directly into how credible a threat to try an individual case is.

Keep in mind that all of my trial experience is in DEFENDING those accused of crime–I have never been a prosecutor whose role in trial is to CONVICT. Clearly a prosecutor's role in trial is entirely different than that of a DEFENDER.

Jury Trials
Experience (Names Removed to Protect Clients)

County

Charge

Cause Number

First/Second Chair

4/28/14

Williamson

Interference with emergency call

13-04289-1

First

2/18/2014

Travis

Capital Murder (death penalty)

D1DC12-201718

First

2/18/2014

Travis

Interference with emergency call (assault FV)

13-04298-1

First

9/16/2014

Travis

Capital Murder

D1DC11-100086

First

3/18/2013

Williamson (venue changed to San Angelo)

Capital Murder

11-1600-K368

First

12/4/2012

Williamson

Aggravated Assault-SBI (bench trial)

11-759-K26

First

05/04/2012

Hill

Capital Murder

36,466

First

03/12/2012

Williamson

DWI–.25 blood test

10-03977-1

First

01/31/2012

Williamson

Continuous family violence, Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon

10-1235-K26

First

07/01/2011

Williamson

Two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Twelve counts of Indecency with a Child